Articles filed under Commentary
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Burly guards or bipartisanship?Apr 08, 2013 5:00 am - The National Rifle Association has finally issued its recommendations in the wake of the Newtown massacre, where 20 children and seven adults were murdered. The 225-page...
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An incitement to genocideApr 07, 2013 5:00 am - Over the years, Americans have come to discount statements on Israel and Zionism by Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Repetition has rendered them unremarkable. Isr...
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Put labor negotiations in public viewApr 07, 2013 5:00 am - When government officials sit down to negotiate contracts with the leaders of Illinois public sector unions, a critical third party in these discussions is intentionally...
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A monument to reconciliationApr 04, 2013 5:00 am - CAMDEN, S.C. -- It isn’t often that one gets to hear both the strains of “Dixie” and an African drum concert in the same public square. Nor, usually, are statue unveilin...
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A victory for school choiceApr 03, 2013 5:00 am - The school choice movement — which germinated 50 years ago in free-market economist Milton Friedman’s fertile mind — recently counted its largest victory. The Indiana Su...
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Our sordid history on gay marriageApr 03, 2013 5:00 am - We have all become political hacks. We are all engaged in the back and forth of politics, the jot or tittle of the process, the meaningless cable chatter of it all, the ...
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What really happened in JerusalemApr 02, 2013 5:00 am - “I honestly believe that if any Israeli parent sat down with those (Palestinian) kids, they’d say I want these kids to succeed.” — Barack Obama, in Jerusalem, March 21 V...
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Testing the will of the peopleApr 01, 2013 5:00 am - What do Americans believe anymore? Is it simply whatever is convenient to our politics? Our inconsistencies seem to ring louder than ever. Or do we just have short memor...
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Hope springs with springMar 31, 2013 5:00 am - Winter wore out its welcome early this year. It wasn’t hard; it was inconsistent, alternating days that seemed almost warm with cold snaps. It rarely redeemed itself wit...
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Local primaries make case for less democracyMar 31, 2013 5:00 am - Each week, we editor types contribute items for our Soapbox feature — pithy, quick-hit comments on the suburbs. Here’s an sample from Saturday’s Opinion page: $130 per v...